Nora Brockstedt (20 January 1923 – 5 November 2015) was a Norwegian singer. She represented Norway in 2 occasions, once in 1960 with „Voi Voi“ and 1961 with „Sommer i Palma“ . In her last years, she focused more on the jazz genre, with successful albums like As Time Goes By (JazzAvdelingen, 2004) and Christmas Songs (JazzAvdelingen, 2005). She sang jazz in…
Jacqueline Boyer (French pronunciation: [ʒaklin bwaje], born Eliane Ducos, 23 April 1941) is a French singer and actress. She is also the daughter of performers Jacques Pills and Lucienne Boyer. In 1960, she won the Eurovision Song Contest for France singing „Tom Pillibi“, with music composed by André Popp and lyrics by Pierre Cour. The…
Camillo Jean Nicolas Felgen (17 November 1920 – 16 July 2005) was a Luxembourgish singer, lyricist, disc jockey, and television presenter, who represented Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest 1960 and in 1962. BiographyFelgen started his career as a teacher. During the Second World War, Felgen was a translator for the German occupiers, and then…
We Are Domi, also known simply as Domi (stylised in all caps), is a Czech-Norwegian electropop band, formed in 2018 and based in Prague, Czech Republic. The band consists of lead vocalist Dominika Hašková, who is the daughter of the retired Czech ice hockey player Dominik Hašek, guitarist Casper Hatlestad from Stavanger, and keyboardist Benjamin…
Cascada (/kəˈskɑːdə/, Spanish for „Waterfall“, stylized as CASCADA, CASCADA and cascada) is a German dance music act founded in 2004 by singer Natalie Horler and DJs/producers DJ Manian and DJ Yanou. They are best known for their hit singles „Everytime We Touch“, „What Hurts the Most“, „Evacuate the Dancefloor“, and „Miracle“. Cascada represented Germany at…
Katrina and the Waves were a British-American rock band best known for the 1985 hit „Walking on Sunshine“. They also won the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest with the song „Love Shine a Light“. HistoryPre-history (1975–1980)The band’s earliest incarnation was as the Waves, a group that played in and around Cambridge, England, from 1975 to 1977.…
Isabelle Geneviève Marie Anne Gall (French pronunciation: [izabɛl ʒənvjɛv maʁi an gal]; 9 October 1947 – 7 January 2018), known professionally as France Gall, was a French yé-yé singer. In 1965, aged 17, she won the Eurovision Song Contest for Luxembourg. Between 1973 and 1992, she collaborated with singer-songwriter Michel Berger. Early yearsGall was born…
Carmela Corren (née Bizman, Hebrew: כרמלה קורן; 13 February 1938 – 15 January 2022) was an Israeli singer and actress. Career Corren was born Bizman in Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine, on 13 February 1938. She dreamed of being a dancer, but switched to singing in the wake of an injury. American television producer Ed Sullivan…
Birgit Brüel (born 6 October 1927 – died 23 February 1996) was a Danish singer and actress who participated in the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest. Career Brüel’s professional career began in 1950 when she joined the Max Brüel Quartet as a jazz singer, and began training at the Danish Royal drama school. She married Brüel…
Roberto Satti better known as Bobby Solo (born 18 March 1945) is an Italian singer, musician and film actor. Singing careerIn 1964, Solo participated in the Sanremo Music Festival with the song „Una lacrima sul viso“ („A Tear on your Face“, written by „Lunero“), but affected by laryngitis, he sang with playback, which disqualified him…